On Ovations this week, we're featuring archival performances from 2016 and 2018 by ChamberFest Cleveland as part of our "Best of ChamberFest Cleveland" series. Tenor Karim Sulayman joins mezzo-soprano Marjorie Maltais and pianist Orion Weiss for Benjamin Britten's haunting Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, Violinist Yura Lee blends Biber with Bluegrass, and we feature Ligeti's Hommage Ă Brahms, and Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel.
Tune in for Ovations, Wednesday, November 11 at 8:00 PM!
BRITTEN | Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac for Mezzo-soprano, Tenor and Piano, Op. 51
performed June 18, 2016
Marjorie Maltais, mezzo-soprano
Karim Sulayman, tenor
Orion Weiss, piano
BIBER | Passacaglia in G minor, “Guardian Angel”, from Rosenkranz Sonaten
performed June 22, 2016
Yura Lee, violin
BLUEGRASS FIDDLING
performed June 22, 2016
Yura Lee, violin
LIGETI | Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano, “Hommage à Brahms”
performed June 23, 2018
Andantino con tenerezza
Vivacissimo molto ritmico
Alla Marcia
Lamento: Adagio
Diana Cohen, violin
William Caballero, horn
Zoltán Fejérvári, piano
BRAHMS | Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
arr. Roman Rabinovich for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, Two Violins, Viola, Cello and Double Bass
performed June 23, 2018
Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin
Diana Cohen, violin
Tanner Menees, viola
Clive Greensmith, cello
John Clouser, bassoon
Franklin Cohen, clarinet
Lorna McGhee, flute
William Caballero, horn